We are never gonna afford Edouard. We need to keep Benteke even if we buy a striker because he and Wickham are currently the only recognised strikers in the club. We need cover should whoever we sign get injured or we are back to playing a winger out of position.

Gallagher would use up our only loan spot from Chelsea and Batshuayi is a better option for us.

Sakho I would have agreed before, but we have 2 long term injuries at CB and currently just have Kelly, Dann and Kouyate fit. We need the cover, our squad is still tiny.

Bella-Kotchup and Downes would be great but they are not solutions for now, I’d be trying to get Downes a loan to the championship if we get him, I’d want him to continue his development week in week out.

You're the second person last night to comment that signing Bella-Kotchup would be a good thing but I doubt whether anyone had heard of him a couple of weeks ago and it is the same scouting team watching him that thought Jaroslav Jach would make a good addition to our squad

Sorry who was this?

Edited by crvenaeagle (07 Sep 2020 11.08am)

Newcastle have now signed Wilson and Fraser and have now agreed a fee for Jamal Lewis who Liverpool wanted.
All three of those would have made Palace stronger.
Villa are likely to have Watkins and are supposedly trying for Behnrama too.
I think those two clubs will be stronger for the new season.
There’s another month of the window but I don’t want us to get left behind and we need to ensure we can compete.
Despite warnings about finances we’re still seeing some hefty fees thrown around and the usual bargain basement shopping and leftovers are unlikely to be make us more competitive.

Both Ferguson and Eze are recovering and hopefully will be ready to go into the first team squad by the end of aseptember? It looked at one stage that Fraser would sign for Palace, but that one got away. It does look grim to begin with but I hope that a striker will materialise before the end of the transfer window, fingers crossed

Although the season starts very soon, the window doesn't close until 5th October. So we have a little while longer to endure, sorry I mean sort things out.

If we were to get in couple this week - even loans (ie. Gallagher + 1 other), and Eze was fit for season start, then it would not be too bad at all.

Southampton isn't a bad opener. If we managed a draw, then it's an improvement on previous seasons against them at Selhurst. Every week that goes past is a week nearer getting some of these injured players back.